DuPont Pioneer to collaborate with plant science company Mendel Biotechnology

7:20 AM MST | March 8, 2013 | Deepti Ramesh

DuPont Pioneer and plant science company Mendel Biotechnology (Hayward, CA) have entered into a license collaboration to evaluate and commercialize new gene leads for increased water use efficiency and improved photosynthesis in corn, DuPont says. DuPont Pioneer and Mendel, under the agreement, will evaluate these new gene leads and test them for yield-enhancement traits in Pioneer brand corn products. These gene leads were identified by Mendel in its next-generation plant physiology platform, DuPont says. “Greater efficiency in water use and...